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I started having what I thought was muscle pain in my lower back the first week of Dec. (Just before a big snowstorm in NJ, but I didn't shovel much!) Had a more local pain on my right (mast.) side just at or below the rib cage. Onc didn't do anything (this was mid-Dec.) Then my internist ordered a CA27-29 test which showed, he said, activity in the liver/bones. My rad onc, on this past Monday, said to get a CT scan of abdomen/pelvic area. That showed activity in bones and liver and also some fluid in the lung (pleural effusion). About a week or so ago, I started getting VERY short of breath - hard to walk upstairs when just 6 weeks ago I was on the treadmill a lot.
So I guess you would say the CT scan (with contrast) was the confirming test. Had an MRI of the spine this morning to check for any cord compression (which could be causing the pain).
Start chemo on Tuesday, and hope to get more answers then.
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